Definitions
How to pronounce heads:
Heads - as a noun
The upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
Example: "He stuck his head out the window"
A single domestic animal
Example: "200 head of cattle"
That which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason
Example: "His mind wandered"
A person who is in charge
Example: "The head of the whole operation"
The front of a military formation or procession
Example: "The head of the column advanced boldly"
The pressure exerted by a fluid
Example: "A head of steam"
The source of water from which a stream arises
Example: "They tracked him back toward the head of the stream"
(grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent
The tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)
The length or height based on the size of a human or animal head
Example: "He is two heads taller than his little sister"
A dense cluster of flowers or foliage
Example: "A head of cauliflower"
The educator who has executive authority for a school
Example: "She sent unruly pupils to see the principal"
An individual person
Example: "Tickets are $5 per head"
A user of (usually soft) drugs
Example: "The office was full of secret heads"
A natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
A rounded compact mass
Example: "The head of a comet"
The foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container
Example: "The beer had a large head of foam"
The part in the front or nearest the viewer
Example: "He was in the forefront"
Forward movement
Example: "The ship made little headway against the gale"
A v-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
Example: "The point of the arrow was due north"
The subject matter at issue
Example: "The question of disease merits serious discussion"
A line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about
Example: "The heading seemed to have little to do with the text"
The rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint
Example: "The head of the humerus"
That part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves
(computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk
(usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head
Example: "Call heads or tails!"
The striking part of a tool
Example: "The head of the hammer"
(nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship
A projection out from one end
Example: "The head of the nail"
Oral stimulation of the genitals
Example: "They say he gives good head"
Heads - as a verb
To go or travel towards
Example: "Where is she heading"
Be in charge of
Example: "Who is heading this project?"
Travel in front of; go in advance of others
Example: "The procession was headed by john"
Be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel
Example: "This student heads the class"
Direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
Take its rise
Example: "These rivers head from a mountain range in the himalayas"
Be in the front of or on top of
Example: "The list was headed by the name of the president"
Form a head or come or grow to a head
Example: "The wheat headed early this year"
Remove the head of
Example: "Head the fish"
Heads - as an interjection
A shouted warning that something is falling from above, mind your heads.
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Word Game Points
HEADS has a SCRABBLE points total of 9.
HEADS has a WORDS WITH FRIENDS points total of 8.
HEADS has a WORDFEUD points total of 9.